Glover is an advocate and community volunteer for people with developmental disabilities. She is a member of the ARC of Tarrant County, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Needs Council of Tarrant County, Tarrant County Mental Retardation Community Advisory Committee, Lake Worth Area Historical Society, and Supreme Court of Texas Guardianship Certification Board. She is an advisor of Expanco in Aktion, and a member and advocate of the Lanterman Parents Coordinating Council. She is also an ambassador and chair of the Northwest Tarrant County Chamber of Commerce Chamber Cares Committee, a member of the Azle Chamber of Commerce, Fort Worth Kiwanis Club, and Holy Trinity Catholic Church Womens Guild, and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary. Glover attended Cypress College in California and Phoenix College in Phoenix, Arizona.

The work of Cypress College art students, conducted in the main lobby of the Fine Arts Building, was highly visible. The collaboration produced magnificent cardboard sculptures which were when used in a video production by ROGER.TV, Arthur S. Mor and Will Tee Yang. The completed video project is on view in this semester's group video exhibition The Quotidian World (through tomorrow) in the Art Gallery.

The visit is over!!! I can't guarantee what the outcome of the final accreditation report will be, but I can say that, no matter what it is, I am very proud and appreciative of the work you did to prepare for it, and, more importantly, all you do everyday in working with our students. A four-day visit doesn't even scratch the surface of what all of you do to help our students succeed. From the discussions I've had with several members of the Visiting Team and comments I have heard from a number of our folks who were interviewed by the Visiting Team, the meetings they had with folks on campus, students they talked to, observations they made, etc., is that the Team was very impressed with the work we have done (and continue to do). In my opinion, we are #1, but I may be just a little biased.

As you look at pages 25-28 of the Self Study, you will see that a large number of faculty and staff were involved in preparing this document. Probably "thousands" of hours were spent on it. I am afraid to ask our Maintenance and Operation staff how many hours they spent making our campus/buildings even more beautiful, or the number of hours spent by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning staff preparing documentation "links," support staff in my office scheduling a "multitude" of meetings and making all of the arrangements for the visit, Academic Computing setting up the technology, etc. I am sure I have missed some areas, but not intentionally. If I were to list the names of all the people who were involved getting ready for accreditation, it would be in the "hundreds" and I know I would miss a few names. THANK YOU!!!

There are a few folks who deserve some extra recognition for the work they did: Cherie Dickey, Santanu Bandyopadhyay and his staff, Mike Kavanaugh and Academic Computing staff, Marc Posner, Pat Humpres, Albert Miranda, Jose Recinos, and the M&O staff. THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!

Once again --I can't thank all of you enough and I am very proud to be your President. Now we can enjoy St. Patricks Day and the weekend.

Accreditation takes place every 6 years. Cypress College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, which is an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.

In short, they are the agencies with the authority to give the college - and your education here - an official stamp of approval.

This morning Dr. Lori Gaskin, the Chair of the Site Visit team, spoke to a group who worked on authoring the Self Study - roughly 100 employees and students contributed to the report.

In the meeting, Dr. Gaskin said "We really want to get a flavor and a sense of the campus."

The team will be at Cypress College through Thursday afternoon.

Open forums - where members of the campus community can share their thoughts - will be held today and tomorrow, and the team's exit report will be presented on Thursday.